Tennis world number one Swiatek splits with coach Wiktorowski
WARSAW: World number one Iga Swiatek on Friday confirmed she has split with her coach Tomasz Wiktorowski and as a result would not compete in next week´s WTA tournament in Wuhan, China.
“After three years of the greatest achievements in my career, together with my coach Tomasz Wiktorowski we decided to part ways,” Swiatek wrote on Instagram. “After an important change in my sports team, I decided to withdraw from the tournament in Wuhan,” she later said in a post on the X account of the Chinese tournament.
“I´m really sorry for fans in China and those who wait to see me play, but I hope you understand that I need some time.” After her US Open quarter-final defeat in September, Swiatek also withdrew from the prestigious Beijing 1000 WTA tournament in which she was the defending champion citing “personal matters”. “I want to start with a big thank you and appreciating our work together,” Swiatek said of fellow Pole Wiktorowski.
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